celleporiform

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celleporiform (not comparable)

  1. Multilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.
    • 1979, International Bryozoology Association, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Marie B. Abbott, Advances in Bryozoology (page 298)
      In this paper we restrict our discussion to colonies assigned to the celleporiform A growth form since they are unique in several important ways.
    • 2005, Hugo Moyano, Juan Cancino, Patrick Wyse Jackson, Bryozoan Studies 2004: Proceedings of the 13th International Bryozoology Association conference:
      Specimen-wise, the assemblage is dominated by [] poorly preserved and small (usually < 1 cm in diameter) celleporiform colonies represented by several species.